BETRAYAL OF MY QUEEN
I
Lucilla, my queen
I kneel before you
In your chamber lined with gold
We are alone
My resolve and your endless trust
We have sinned, both you and I
All in the name of your desire
To establish peace by shedding blood
Heeding not the cries of the innocent
II
I burned villages
Killed everyone in my path
I was your blade of wrath
Freed from moral bounds
So many children’s dreams I extinguished
So many mothers’ pride
In the name of your crown, your throne
Bound by oath to you
Lucilla, my queen
III
You call to me, offer your hand
For me to kiss with downcast eyes
Confused, you fail to see why I avoid your gaze
In the corner of your mind a doubt is born
That chips away at trust
Unaware of my resolve
Never to forgive you
For the heaviest murders I committed
Those of my parents, my wife, and my unborn child
IV
Their only sin was disobedience
A loathing for your bloody methods
Welcoming surviving refugees into their home
Hiding them away – an act even I knew nothing of
Yet one I would have joined and shared in
Had they not been discovered by your spies
Cowardly stationed in the surrounding dark
woods
You told me I must kill them to prove my
loyalty to you
Forcing me to look into their eyes during that
unforgivable act
V
Lucilla, my queen
You do not know of the dagger in my bosom
Hidden like your spies
Hungry for vengeance and the severing of my oath
Your final moments draw near
Two death sentences – yours and mine
I raise my gaze only to
Target the mark I desire, right between your breasts
I drive the steel home and gladly welcome the spurt of your blood
VI
I relish the shock in your eyes
Your arms thrashing through the air
Grasping for an exit, for support
Your trembling lips try to utter
Curses, damnations, pleas for help
I drag the dagger down
Carving a path for your entrails
Which slowly spill forth, falling over my hands
The stench of your innards forces a smile to
my face
VII
My vengeance is complete as I plunge the
dagger
Into your gaping jaws
I lick my lips, tasting your blood
Embracing my fate
As a regicide
Knowing I have nothing left to lose
And yet, it could have been different
Oh, once so dear
Lucilla, my queen
-The End–